Case-Based Reasoning Research and Development [electronic resource] : 5th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning, ICCBR 2003, Trondheim, Norway, June 23-26, 2003, Proceedings /

Invited Talks -- Human-Centered CBR: Integrating Case-Based Reasoning with Knowledge Construction and Extension -- On the Role of the Cases in Case-Based Planning -- From Manual Knowledge Engineering to Bootstrapping: Progress in Information Extraction and NLP -- Scientific Papers -- SOFT-CBR: A Self-Optimizing Fuzzy Tool for Case-Based Reasoning -- Extracting Performers’ Behaviors to Annotate Cases in a CBR System for Musical Tempo Transformations -- Case-Based Ranking for Decision Support Systems -- Analogical Reasoning for Reuse of Object-Oriented Specifications -- Combining Case-Based and Model-Based Reasoning for Predicting the Outcome of Legal Cases -- Measuring the Similarity of Labeled Graphs -- Global Grade Selector: A Recommender System for Supporting the Sale of Plastic Resin -- Maximum Likelihood Hebbian Learning Based Retrieval Method for CBR Systems -- An Evaluation of the Usefulness of Case-Based Explanation -- Adaptation Guided Retrieval Based on Formal Concept Analysis -- Club ? (Trèfle): A Use Trace Model -- Case-Based Plan Recognition in Computer Games -- Solution Verification in Software Design: A CBR Approach -- Evaluation of Case-Based Maintenance Strategies in Software Design -- Optimal Case-Based Refinement of Adaptation Rule Bases for Engineering Design -- Detecting Outliers Using Rule-Based Modeling for Improving CBR-Based Software Quality Classification Models -- An Empirical Analysis of Linear Adaptation Techniques for Case-Based Prediction -- A Framework for Historical Case-Based Reasoning -- An Investigation of Generalized Cases -- On the Role of Diversity in Conversational Recommender Systems -- Similarity and Compromise -- The General Motors Variation-Reduction Adviser: Evolution of a CBR System -- Diversity-Conscious Retrieval from Generalized Cases: A Branchand Bound Algorithm -- Assessing Elaborated Hypotheses: An Interpretive Case-Based Reasoning Approach -- Soft Interchangeability for Case Adaptation -- Supporting the IT Security of eServices with CBR-Based Experience Management -- Improving Similarity Assessment with Entropy-Based Local Weighting -- Collaborative Case Retention Strategies for CBR Agents -- Efficient Real Time Maintenance of Retrieval Knowledge in Case-Based Reasoning -- Incremental Learning of Retrieval Knowledge in a Case-Based Reasoning System -- Case Base Management for Analog Circuits Diagnosis Improvement -- Empirical Analysis of Case-Based Reasoning and Other Prediction Methods in a Social Science Domain: Repeat Criminal Victimization -- A Hybrid System with Multivariate Data Validation and Case Base Reasoning for an Efficient and Realistic Product Formulation -- Product Recommendation with Interactive Query Management and Twofold Similarity -- Unifying Weighting and Case Reduction Methods Based on Rough Sets to Improve Retrieval -- A Knowledge Representation Format for Virtual IP Marketplaces -- Managing Experience for Process Improvement in Manufacturing -- Using Evolution Programs to Learn Local Similarity Measures -- Playing Mozart Phrase by Phrase -- Using Genetic Algorithms to Discover Selection Criteria for Contradictory Solutions Retrieved by CBR -- Using Case-Based Reasoning to Overcome High Computing Cost Interactive Simulations -- Predicting Software Development Project Outcomes -- An SQL-Based Approach to Similarity Assessment within a Relational Database -- Knowledge Capture and Reuse for Geo-spatial Imagery Tasks -- Index Driven Selective Sampling for CBR -- Case Base Reduction Using Solution-Space Metrics -- CBM-Gen+: An Algorithm for Reducing Case Base Inconsistencies in Hierarchical and Incomplete Domains -- Maintaining Consistency in Project Planning Reuse -- Case Mining from Large Databases -- Case Base Maintenance for Improving Prediction Quality -- Context-Awareness in User Modelling: Requirements Analysis for a Case-Based Reasoning Application.